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(No Model.)

C. G. BJORLN.

BUTTER CUTTER.

No. 476,442. Patented June 7, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orifice.

CARL G. BJORLIN, OF STOCKHOLM, SIVEDEN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, AND RICHARDDUNCAN HARRIS, OF NETST YORK, N. Y.

BUTTER-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,442, dated J' une7, 1892.

Application tiled October 19, 1891. Serial No. 409.117. (No model.)

.To @ZZ raz/071e it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL GEORG BJORLIN, a subject of the King of Swedenand Norway, residing at Stockholm, Sweden, have invented an Improvementin Butter-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to compress and consolidate butter in amold and to stamp and discharge the saine progressively and cut xo offslices or cakes and deliver them rapidly and of uniform ornearly-uniform weight; and the invention relates to the combination ofdevices hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view,

Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 is a plan view, ofmy improved cutter. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the wire-cutter and frame.Fig. 5 is a detached elevation, in larger size, of the ratchet and powermechanism.

zo Fig. G is a section at the line fc x of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is au end view, in larger size, of the apparatus. Fig. 8 is adetached view of a modiiication in the gear for the butter-stain p, andFig. 9 is an elevation of the adjustable crank- 2 5 pin and disk.

A rectangular box A is provided with a movable eoverA, and this issupported upon any suitable frame-work, and into this the butter is tobe introduced in any usual way,

3o preferably by hand, after the cover A has been raised.

Within the box A is a follower B, fitting the inside of the box, andfrom this one or more rods C extend to the cross-head D, and

3 5 the ratchet-bars E are provided at the ends of the cross-head, andthey extend through suitable supports at the sides of the box A. Theslides F at opposite sides of the box A support the reciprocatingpawl-carriers G, and

4o these are provided with connecting-rods H to the adjustablecrank-pins I upon disks I on the cross-shaft K. This shaft is rotated byany suitable means. I have represented a wheel L and belt to a pulleyand drivingshaft M, these parts being supported in suitable frame-Work.The pawl-carriers G are provided with pawls N, which engage theratchet-teeth upon the top edges of the ratchetbars E, so that as thecarriers G are recipro- 5o cated the pawls Nengage the teeth upon thebars E and move them and the cross-head D,

rod C, and follower B along progressively, and the distance which thefollower is moved by each rotation of the shaft K depends upon theposition of the adjustable crankpins I, and the teeth in theratchet-bars E should be made with reference to the size of the box A,so that a given weight of butter will be projected from the end of thebox A for each tooth that is taken up upon the ratchet-bars, 6o so thatthe cakes of butter may be of agiven weight, or approximatelyV so.

A frame L is fitted to slide vertically in suitable supports upon themainframe of the machine, and it carries across its upper end a wire 2,and the normal condition of this frame is depressed with the wire belowthe butter in the box A, and there is a projecting foot 3, which isbelow the cani P upon the shaft K, so that such frame L is held 7o downagainst theaction of the springs @,Fig.

7, by the cam P during the time that the butter is being projected atthe end of the box A; but when the pawl-carriers G have commenced theirreturn movement the end of the cam P passes clear of the foot 3, and thesprings Q lift the frame L', and the wire 2 cuts o and separates thecake of butter, and then the cam P again acts upon the foot 3 and drawsthe frame L down and holds it in 8o its depressed position during theother operations. The butter thus projected and cut off as a cake may beremoved in any suitable manner and it may be stamped or not. To removethis butter I have represented and prefer to employ a shelf R, whichrests upon and is hinged at one end to the sector S, which is pivoted at4. to a projecting arm or bar T from the frame of the machine, and thisbaris slotted, andthe sector S is provided with a 9o curved slot, andthere is a bar U, with a pin 5, passing through the slot in the arm Tand in the sector S, and this barUis drawn back by a spring U" and movedendwise by the action of the interrupted gear V on the shaft K, whichcomes into contact with teeth upon the under side of the bar II to givemotion to the same and by the pin 5 to move the sector S and shelf Rlaterally and carry the cake of butter into the position indicated bydotted 10o lines in Fig. 3, where it can be removed by hand orotherwise, as convenient.

Upon the under side of the box A and suitably supported is a slide-rackXV, carrying at its end a vertical arm and stamp XXT, and there is aspring G, tending to draw the slide XV and stamp XV toward the butter,and the interrupted gear 7 upon the shaft K acts upon the teeth of theslide-rack XXT to move the same and the stamp away from the butter, andit is held in this position by ahinged arm 8, resting against a cam 9duringthe time that the butter is being forced out from the box A, cutotf, and delivered, after which the cam 9 separates from the hinged armS and the spring G causes the slide-rack XV and stamp to move rapidly uptoward and against the end of the butter within the box A, and in sodoing the stamp or imprint is put upon such butter, and this bypreference occurs immediately before the butter is projected from thebox. rFhe interrupted gear inunedlately thereafter engages the teethupon the slidebar XV and moves the saine and the stamp back into thenormal position and the hinged arm S drops down and rests against thecam to hold the parts in position after the interrupted gear separatesfrom the teeth ofthe slide W, and the parts remain in this positionuntil the cam Q again separates from the hinged arm S to allowtlhc stamptobe brought up by the spring G, as before described.

In Fig. S I have represented a gear for accomplishing the same object.XXThen the teeth on the rack XV engage the teeth upon the wheel 7,suchrack is projected and held from coming back by the plain peripheryof he wheel, and when the portion of the Wheel where the teeth are cutaway reaches the rack XV' its spring 0 draws it back ra-pidly to stampthe butter, and then it isimmediately moved back outof the way by theaction of the gear.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination, with the box A for reeeivingthe butter, a follower Within the box, the rod, and cross-head, ofratchet-bars connected with the cross-head and supports for the same atthe outer sides of the box, pawicarriers and slides for the same andpawls upon the carriers for engaging the ratchetbars, a cross-shaft andcrank-pins moved by the same, and cour ecting-rods from the crankwhichthe cake of butter is received, the sector connected with the shelf, anda pin, rack, and interrupted gear' for moving the parts, substantiallyas set forth.

3. The combination, in a butter cutter aud stamper, of the box forreceiving the butter, a follower and means for moving the sameto projectthe butter at one end of the box, a movable frame at one end of the boxand a wire for cutting olf the butter, a stamp, a slide-rack forsupporting the same, an inter rupted gear acting upon the rack forgiving motion in one direction, and a spring for moving the parts in theother direction, sub stautially as set forth.

LL. The combination, in a butter cutter ant stamper, of a box forreceiving the butter, a follower within the box for projecting thebut-ter at one end, a rod and cross-head connected to the follower,ratchet-bars from the cross-head, pawl-carriers and pawls to act on theratchet, connecting-rods and adjustable cranks for giving motion to thepawl-carriers and follower, a frame and Wire at the end of the box forcutting of the butter, a cani for depressing and holding such frame, aspring for moving the frame and wireiu cutting the butter, a shelf atone end of the box for rcceiving the cake of butter and slotted sectorconnected to the shelf, an interrupted gear, rack-bars, and pins foracting upon the sector and shelf, a stamp and a rack-bar carrying thestamp, an interrupted gear, and spring for moving such rack-bar andstamp, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this lith day of September, 1891.

C. G. BJORLTN.

Nitnessesz GEO. FINCK-Nav, WILLIAM G. Morir.

